Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Seeing Tonks's frightened expression, Moon couldn't help but curiously asked: "Have you ever done this?"

Tonks quickly shook her head and said "No", but soon she added in a low voice: "But when I was in third grade, I 'accidentally' dumped a whole pot of soil mixed with fertilizer on Mrs. Lorris."

The old woman in the portrait was laughing so hard. Although there was no smile on Moon's face, her shoulders accidentally twitched twice, obviously she was holding it in deliberately.

Tonks gave the old woman a fierce look, then glared at Munn. Finally, she said arrogantly, "Bless yourself," and then left the corridor from the other side, leaving Munn behind. Alone, he faced the smelly dung bomb and the old woman who couldn't stop laughing.

After about a few minutes, the sound of a heavy door opening and closing was heard. Moon, who was well prepared, pulled out his wand and pointed it at the large dung bomb with an open bag on the ground.

Filch had already walked out of the office, and Moon could clearly hear shuffling footsteps approaching.

'3...2...1...'

Moon took a deep breath, waved his magic wand, and a big dung bomb flew out of the bag and flew straight towards the corner. After a "pop" sound, it turned into a disgusting puddle on the wall.

"Ugh—" Moon retched silently, and the old woman in the portrait next to her also showed a disgusted expression.

"Damn——!" The good news was Filch's voice.

Moon didn't dare to slack off and waved his wand again, leaving a mess of dirt on the corner wall again.But he didn't wave the wand a third time, as the saying goes, it's all about acting, and there was no reason why he wouldn't run when he heard Filch's voice while he was causing trouble.

But he could go slower.

Ignoring the open bag of dung bombs on the ground, Moon walked to the wall, nodded at the portrait, then picked up his backpack and struck a running pose.Then he waited until Filch trotted to the corner before he actually took the first step.

"Stop! Boy! I saw you!" Filch shouted loudly, increasing his speed as quickly as possible, while Moon made a dejected expression, turned around and stood still.

"Damn first years, throwing dung bombs at the wall again. The twin brothers are not enough. You also have to show up, you guys who make trouble from time to time, plus the damn Peeves..." Filch muttered, He grabbed Moon's shoulder and said, "Let's go! Follow me to the office! I will make you pay the price today!"

Moon remained silent, and did not defend or ridicule anything. He was just congratulating himself on his success while staring at Filch's cat.

To be honest, this cat's eyes are indeed a bit bulging, probably mainly because he is too thin. If he could be fed fatter and given some nutrients to increase the luster of his hair, he might become more beautiful.

Mrs. Norris was also looking at him, her bright eyes flashing strangely under the light of the corridor.Although there was nothing special about Mrs. Norris, Moon always felt that the cat was staring at her, as if she was afraid that she would run away.

"Creak!" The door that had been closed just now was opened again, making a harsh and unpleasant sound.

"Get in!" Filch pushed Moon and pushed him into the office.

"Damn first grader, I will whip you hard today, I will!" Filch muttered and began to rummage around the office.

Chapter 36 The Marauder's Map

Of course, Filch was just trying to intimidate Munn. He knew it, and Munn naturally knew it too.

So he wasn't panicking, he was just waiting - waiting for Tonks to make some noise outside.

Of course, this was what he and Tonks had agreed upon before. If not, how could he have transferred Filch away from the mountain to give himself enough time?

Fortunately, Tonks never disappoints when it comes to causing trouble. After a while, there was a muffled sound outside the door.Filch, who was pretending to be rummaging through a box, was so frightened that he jumped on the spot - it was not obvious, but it was clear to Moon that he had found the location of what he wanted.

"￥%~...@%#..." Filch muttered and cursed something. Moon didn't hear it clearly, but it was definitely not a good thing to say.He closed the box, turned around and glared at Moon fiercely, "You'd better stay here and stay here. If I come back and find you causing any trouble again, I promise to lock you up for three more nights."

After saying that, Filch angrily rushed out of the office with a lantern and Mrs. Norris, not realizing that he had just exposed how he planned to deal with Moon.

Just confinement is acceptable.

As soon as Filch walked out of the office, Moon hurried to the drawer in Filch's office that read "Confiscated Items, Highly Dangerous" and pulled it open.

To be fair, the location of this drawer is very hidden - not only is it on the bottom few levels of the cabinet, but the front is also blocked by boxes.If Filch hadn't just opened the boxes and revealed the words on the drawers, Moon would have had to work harder to find this place.

"Let me see what's in there... bite the nose cup, bite the nose cup, bite - Gan! Let go!"

He shook off the nose-biting tea cup that was holding his finger, and then pushed open two broken tree roots that came from nowhere and had no magic power at all (Filch probably regarded them as "evil props" with curses attached to them). ), a rolled up, large blank parchment appeared in front of Munn.

Moon breathed a sigh of relief, took out the parchment, and then took out his wand. He first listened to the movement outside the door, then confirmed that there was no other parchment in the drawer, and then gently tapped the parchment. Read "I solemnly swear that I will not do bad things——"

The ink stains smeared, and lines began to spread out on the parchment, and soon turned into a map, with names on it that were constantly moving.It could be clearly seen through the map that Filch was trotting down the corridor, and Tonks was staying at a fixed spot in the corridor, probably hiding in a cupboard or behind a curtain.

"Good." Munn muttered, and then said "Prank is over", put the Marauder's Map, which had turned into a blank parchment, into his backpack, and restored the scene one by one.

That's right, he spent all this time just to come to Filch's office and be the first to pick up the Marauder's Map, which had probably not been picked up by the Weasley brothers.

Facts have proved that his efforts were not in vain, and the Marauder's Map is indeed still there.

…………

There is an old saying in China that goes, "Blessings come where misfortune lies, and misfortune lies where blessings lie." At this moment, Munn felt this deeply.

In fact, this sentence is not very appropriate to apply to Moon. After all, this disaster was purely caused by him.

He was in solitary confinement for three days, yes.But strictly speaking, this confinement is more like voluntary labor - the content of his three-day confinement is to wipe the entire corridor wall clean, without using magic.

Yes, it was the section of corridor where he threw the dung bombs and the walls in the surrounding area.

You have to clean up the dung bombs you throw yourself.

Three days later, when he finally said goodbye to his three-day wall-cleaning career, he vowed that he would never touch a dung bomb again in his life.

There was also Garr who swore the same oath as Moon.Don't get me wrong, of course he was not punished to wipe the walls stained with dung bombs. He was just chased by Peeves for three corridors and the remains of the dung bombs collapsed on his body - even so, it made him sick for a long time.

Speaking of which, Gal was also unlucky. He went to the kitchen to eat secretly as usual that day, and the journey was uneventful, just like before.As a result, on the short journey back to his dormitory, he encountered Peeves floating from another direction, throwing a dung bomb in his hand.

What's even worse is that he arrived a little late, and it wasn't until he ran down three corridors that he finally met a seventh-year Slytherin senior who helped him out.

This also made him think a little better about Slytherin - it could not be ruled out that it was because the senior sister was so good-looking.

During the three days, Moon also kept observing the Marauder's Map. To be honest, it was of no use.

During these few hours of spying, his gains were limited to:

1. Gabriel and Laryn really have to whisper and be silly in the common room almost every day when no one is around;

2. Dumbledore really likes to walk in circles in the office, but Moon always feels that maybe Dumbledore is not pacing, but waltzing;

3. Gemma Farley goes to bed very late every day, really late. She basically never stops before eleven o'clock in the evening;

4. Fred and George really like the Forbidden Forest.

In addition to the above four items, Moon could be said to have found nothing. He did not find anyone around the Forbidden Forest. Except for Hagrid, Fred, and George, there was no one after nightfall.On Friday night, he stayed up until three in the morning, but he still saw nothing, not even a mouse around the Forbidden Forest.

Yes, the rat was already at Hogwarts, sleeping next to Percy's bed every day and occasionally going for a walk, but most of the time (two out of three nights) his name was Percy's. Xi’s names overlapped.

Moon once doubted whether the figure in robes he saw that day could be Peter Pettigrew, but thinking about it more carefully, Peter had no need to do so now. He was too desperate and it was most likely not him.

Therefore, for the time being, Munn did not pay so much attention to him. This was a threat, but he was not in a hurry to deal with it now.

So, who is it...

On Sunday night, it was raining lightly outside the window. Moon was sitting alone on the edge of the bed, with a large book on transfiguration borrowed from the library spread out on his knees.

He had already read half of the book, but his mind was not on it at all at the moment.

He began to have a bad premonition about the next half of the semester...

Chapter 37 Return

If the Hufflepuff badgers had to pick a day of the week that they disliked the most, it would undoubtedly be Monday with the highest number of votes.

First of all, Monday has the most classes in the week, which is four full classes.On other days, there are only three classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and there is only one class on Friday.

Secondly, the curriculum of this day is also terrible - the first period is herbal medicine class, which is okay. Although Professor Sprout is never vague when she should be strict, in most cases, she treats the children Badgers are very affectionate.But after the first class, the torture came. The second class was Professor Ben Camp’s Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the third class was Professor Binns’ History of Magic. This was a complete hypnotic double series.

Just imagine, you have just gone through two days of happy hours on the weekend and you have to drag your tired body to class. As a result, in the class before lunch, you have to endure the bombardment of Professor Camp's non-stop narration. The whole process is straight and straight without any ups and downs. , it is even less likely to have any interesting points. In comparison, it would be more fun for the little wizards to fantasize by looking at the illustrations in the book;

This is not over yet. When you are exhausted and go to have lunch, as soon as you arrive in the classroom in the afternoon, Professor Binns will come through the wall and start to breathlessly describe his long, smelly, and full of all kinds of things. A lesson plan for a very similar person’s name.The scariest thing is - you can't ask questions, because Professor Binns can't hear your questions at all, unless you are willing to endure the strange looks of everyone who is awake and stand up and shout loudly to attract Professor Binns' attention.

If you think that you are done with this, well, you are so naive.

After dinner, everyone else either went to the Quidditch pitch or returned to the common room and began to enjoy the relaxation and comfort after eating and drinking.At this time, you must bring your books and telescopes and climb to the astronomy tower to observe the stars. At the same time, this also means a new astronomy paper.

This is a day of suffering recognized by almost all first-year badgers. Nothing can compare with this day, unless one day they have to attend two consecutive classes with Professor Snape.

What's even more frightening is that it rained heavily again for no reason today, which made the freshmen of Badger Academy who had just walked out of the school auditorium feel even worse.

Except for Gal, who was holding a croissant in each hand and stuffing it into his mouth.

As long as there is food, Gal's world will not be too gloomy.

Perhaps seeing that most people were in a bad mood, Gal reluctantly stuffed the last piece of croissant into his mouth, and then suddenly said: "Ah, by the way, do you think Professor Sprout has come back? ?”

This time, Gal's head turned quickly enough. Professor Sprout's incident successfully attracted most people's attention. Everyone was talking about it. Many people thought that after entering the greenhouse later, , waiting for them must be Professor Sprout.

"Today is Monday. Professor Sprout should have come back. She still needs to collect papers, and she also promised to take us to the forest." Milton's roommate has a good relationship with Moon and the others. Kerman chimed in: "Oh, by the way, how's your paper going?"

"If it rains, the professor won't take us to the forest, right?" The person who spoke was Kelly, Kelly Woodman, the little girl with short hair during the sorting.She looked obviously disappointed that it was raining.

A group of people chatted with each other, and they all seemed to agree that Professor Sprout had returned to his post.

Moon is not optimistic about this at all.

Before going out to have breakfast in the morning, he deliberately delayed for a few minutes and was the last one to walk out of the dormitory.The reason was that he wanted to open the Marauder's Map and see the location of Professor Sprout.

The bad news is that Professor Sprout is still in the ward; the good news is that Professor Sprout should have recovered somewhat. When Moon looked over, Professor Sprout was pacing slowly on the ground. With.

Therefore, there is no doubt that Professor Sprout will not be teaching today's class.

The other little badgers have begun to chat more and more, and Milton even proposed a rather "bold" idea. "Hey, do you think Professor Sprout will take us to the Forbidden Forest? I hear Gryffindor The twins, George and the others, said that there are many strange plants growing in the Forbidden Forest."

"For example, the giant pitcher plant that will eat you in one bite, Milton?" Moon was shocked by Milton's imagination. "It's not very safe in the Forbidden Forest. We freshmen who don't have much self-protection ability once follow us." If the teacher gets separated, he might not even be able to call for help if he encounters danger. That’s not a place we should go, and the professor won’t take us there.”

For the first-year Hufflepuffs, their academic performance and talents are astonishingly good. Moon, who is usually kind and has a slightly mature personality, is almost their "student leader", not to mention Milton and his dormitory. People who often play with Munn and the others, so when Munn said this, Milton immediately laughed sheepishly, "Haha, that, I just said it casually."

"Not only will the teachers not take us there, but you should try to stay away from there if you have something to do. The Weasley twins are lucky and smart. You know, there are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest." Mu Mu En warned again uneasily, and brought out a werewolf that was more intimidating to the young wizards to scare them - of course, it was not a scare, as this thing really existed in the Forbidden Forest. [Note 1]

Seeing that they had arrived at the door of the greenhouse, the little badgers didn't say anything more. They closed their mouths and walked into the door. At the same time, they also looked expectantly at Professor Risprout's favorite place to stand, hoping to Saw that chubby friendly figure there.

Professor Sprout did not disappoint them. Just as the little badgers thought, Professor Sprout had a kinder smile than usual, carrying a basin of fresh vegetables, and greeted them as soon as he saw them coming in. He said: "Children, come in quickly and let me see how your white fresh food looks like?"

Moon's jaw was almost dropped. He swore that when he saw Professor Sprout on the Marauder's Map in the morning, her steps were still a little staggering. There was no doubt that the professor's body had not fully recovered.He really never expected that Professor Sprout would insist on coming to class.

Compared to Munn, other young wizards who don't know the "inside story" so much will naturally not be so shocked.So, amid the happy cheers of the little wizards, Professor Sprout began her "classroom inspection".

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[Note 1]: This is a self-designed one. The original book probably did not mention that there are too many scary stories about werewolves in the storybooks of little wizards. But in fact, based on the experience of Professor Moon-face, there are also everyone’s opinions on Judging from the idea that werewolves should be kept at a distance or even avoided, young wizards should have a certain fear of werewolves. At the same time, it is very likely that there are stories about werewolves in the storybooks of young wizards. If there is a chance in the future, the author will Try to write it, it can be used as a side story.

Chapter 38 Dawn Flame

"Okay, classmates, I announce that everyone's Bai Xian is growing very well. However...it has been raining outside today, and it is raining quite heavily. I think it is better for us to change the time we go out to the next class. how do you feel?"

Naturally, the little wizards would not like this result, but Professor Sprout was right.It's raining so hard that even flying lessons will have to be changed at another time, let alone a simple outing class.

"Okay..." the little wizards responded feebly, each of them looking like their spirits had been greatly weakened.

Professor Sprout looked at these little wizards with a smile, and suddenly took out his wand and waved it gently. A small jar suddenly appeared in the center of the classroom, floating quietly, with soft white light emitting from it. ——To be precise, it should be white light strips, one after another, floating around like silk threads.

All the little wizards were startled by the sudden surprise, and soon their eyes were drawn to it.At first, no one came forward casually. It was not until Gal came to the jar carelessly that the other little badgers followed suit and walked to the location of the jar.

"Oh, what is that? A mushroom?"

"I don't think so. Could it be some kind of glowing velvet?"

"Please, it's furry. Besides, the contents in this jar won't move."

A bunch of little heads crowded together, talking to each other, and soon the whole greenhouse was in chaos.Professor Sprout did not scold them, but let them yell for a while, until most people realized that instead of making random guesses, it would be better to ask their dean directly [Note 1].Professor Sprout then walked to the center of the crowd, reached out and took off the jar.

"I guess you must be curious to know what this is?" Professor Sprout smiled heartily as usual. She always enjoyed this kind of moment. Children will be attracted by rare magical plants, which is very important to her. It couldn't be more beautiful to say.

"Yes!"

"That's right Professor!"

"What the hell is this, Ms. Sprout?"

As soon as the professor asked, the little wizards started chirping again.

When everyone's voices became quieter, Professor Sprout gently raised the jar in his hand, pointed at the jade-white mushroom-like luminous plant inside, and explained: "Arlin was observing very carefully just now. He said Yes, this is indeed a mushroom, but it is not an ordinary mushroom used to make mushroom sauce, but a very rare herb. Those of us who specialize in herbal medicine call it 'Don Frame'. DawnFlame)', which is 'Morning Flame'. Of course, you can also call it another name, Flash Fire Mushroom."

"Its name comes from its special properties. The Dawn Flame is not only very beautiful, but it also has a power that cannot be underestimated. If you put it together with the goblin saliva, the Dawn Flame will appear in a very short time. It erupts with dazzling light and extremely high heat over a period of time, which can even melt steel."

"Wow!" All the little badgers who looked up and listened to Professor Sprout's explanation exclaimed in admiration. They really did not expect that this small and beautiful mushroom could be so powerful.

"but--"

Professor Sprout raised his other hand, temporarily stopping the students' exclamations.

"——But if you apply the dragon's saliva to the morning light, and then do some simple operations, it can become a very high-quality fatigue-relieving medicine. Even the dragons will instinctively use it to relieve fatigue. Use them."

Not surprisingly, the little badgers let out another sigh of surprise.

"Okay, you can pass it around and take a look at it, but be careful. The morning flames require a special environment to preserve their vitality. You must not break the jar. Otherwise, your next herb class will be ruined. You'll be in trouble if you go out." Professor Sprout warned her uneasily while handing the jar to Gal who was nearest to her.